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Table 2 Results of bivariate analysis and chi-square test among factors associated with Sleep quality (SQ) among university students

From: Associations between social media addiction, social media fatigue, fear of missing out, and sleep quality among university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Variable with category

Sleep Quality

Bad,

n = 413 (%)

Good, n = 198 (%)

Total, N = 611 (%)

Gender

 Male

248 (69.27)

110 (30.73)

358 (58.59)

 Female

165 (65.22)

88 (34.78)

253 (41.41)

Age*

 > 20

14 (48.28)

15 (51.72)

29 (4.75)

 20–23

274 (66.99)

135 (33.01)

409 (66.94)

 > 23

125 (72.25)

48 (27.75)

173 (28.31)

Area of residence

 University hall

322 (66.8)

160 (33.2)

482 (78.89)

 Family

67 (66.34)

34 (33.66)

101 (16.53)

Outside campus area

24 (85.71)

4 (14.29)

28 (4.58)

 Year of study

1st Year

92 (65.71)

48 (34.29)

140 (22.91)

2nd Year

110 (67.9)

52 (32.1)

162 (26.51

3rd Year

120 (65.22)

64 (34.78)

184 (30.11)

4th Year

42 (71.19)

17 (28.81)

59 (9.66)

 Master’s

49 (74.24)

17 (25.76)

66 (10.8)

Self-reported health status*

 Good

168 (58.33)

120 (41.67)

288 (47.14)

 Fair

209 (75.72)

67 (24.28)

276 (45.17)

 Bad

19 (70.37)

8 (29.63)

27 (4.42)

 Chronic disease

12 (80.0)

3 (20.0)

15 (2.45)

 History of serious illness

5 (100.0)

0(0.0)

5 (0.82)

Purpose of using social media

 To stay in touch with what my friends are doing

120 (64.86)

65 (35.14)

185 (30.28)

 To research/find products to buy

33 (86.84)

5 (13.16)

38 (6.22)

 To find funny or entertaining content

78 (67.83)

37 (32.17)

12 (1.96)

 Learning

24 (60.0)

16 (40.0)

40 (6.55)

 To stay up-to-date with news and current events

106 (65.03)

57 (34.97)

163 (26.68)

 Playing games

10 (83.33)

2 (16.67)

12 (1.96)

 To share photos or videos with others

11 (78.57)

3 (21.43)

14 (2.29)

 To initiate a topic

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

8 (1.31)

 Because a lot of my friends are on them

17 (73.91)

6 (26.09)

23 (3.76)

 Others

8 (61.54)

5 (38.46)

13 (2.13)

Social media account number*

 0–2

230 (63.71)

131 (36.29)

361 (59.08)

 3–4

133 (71.89)

52 (28.11)

185 (30.28)

 5–6

34 (80.95)

8 (19.05)

42 (6.87)

 7–8

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

10 (1.64)

 More than 9

10 (76.92)

3 (23.08)

13 (2.13)

Social media use than real-world**

 Less

153 (59.77)

103 (40.23)

256 (41.9)

 The same

83 (66.94)

41 (33.06)

124 (20.29)

 Slightly

77 (72.64)

29 (27.36)

106 (17.35)

 Much

100 (80.0)

25 (20.0)

125 (20.46)

Time spent on social media**

 0–2 h

53 (49.53)

54 (50.47)

107 (17.51)

 2–4 h

162 (67.5)

78 (32.5)

240 (39.28)

 4–6 h

112 (72.26)

43 (27.74)

155 (25.37)

 6–8 h

56 (74.67)

19 (25.33)

75 (12.27)

 More than 8 h

30 (88.24)

4 (11.76)

34 (5.56)

Browsing social media before bed

 Strongly disagree

47 (77.05)

14 (22.95)

61 (9.98)

 Disagree

121 (66.48)

61 (33.52)

182 (29.79)

 Neutral

106 (65.03)

57 (34.97)

163 (26.68)

 Agree

105 (65.62)

55 (34.38)

160 (26.19)

 Strongly agree

34 (75.56)

11 (24.44)

163 (26.68)

How many hours did you usually sleep at night in the past month?**

 < 5 h

50 (96.15)

2 (3.85)

52 (8.51)

 5–6 h

134 (82.21)

29 (17.79)

163 (26.68)

 6–7 h

154 (66.09)

79 (33.91)

233 (38.13)

 7–8 h

55 (49.11)

57 (50.89)

112 (18.33)

 8–9 h

20 (48.78)

21 (51.29)

41 (6.71)

 > 9 h

0 (0.0)

10 (100.0)

10 (1.64)

Social media fatigue (SMF)**

 High score

289 (87.84)

40 (12.16)

329 (53.85)

 Low score

124 (43.97)

158 (56.03)

282 (46.15)

Social media addiction (SMA)**

 High score

256 (83.66)

50 (16.34)

306 (50.08)

 Low score

157 (51.48)

148 (48.52)

305 (49.92)

Fear of missing out (FoMO)**

 High score

253 (81.35)

58 (18.65)

311 (50.9)

 Low score

160 (53.33)

140 (46.67)

300 (49.1)

  1. *Significant at a 5% level of significance (p < 0.05)
  2. **Significant at a 1% level of significant (p < 0.01)